Where is the Best & Safest place to live in County Dublin with 4 kids.

aatidot

I'm looking for safest place to live in either dublin or county Dublin with my 4 kids. And or any other county but must not less than an hour drive to dublin. Any idea places?

the_syco

Look for somewhere that has stuff to do for kids. The more stuff there is for kids, the less bored anti-social kids there are, usually.

Pkiernan

Malahide.

riclad

Clontarf is a nice quiet area,15mins from city centre.You should state your budget, do you want a house with a large garden, 4bedrooms.
something like this
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=640102
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clontarf,_Dublin

aatidot

riclad, i just check the link u gave me, but 3 bedroom to rent is expensive there in Contarf. I'm looking for a detached house like 1000 a month. And i would like a safe place for kids and minimum an hour drive to dublin city. Its just for couples and 4 kids.

djimi

If you dont mind being a bit outside the city then somewhere like Naas might be worth considering? About an hours drive into Dublin at busy times (less than 30 minutes at night) and the rents should be cheaper than Dublin.

ted1

That's a very subjective question. I'd say killiney, someone else will say somewhere else.

Have you any family in Dublin. I always think having family near is a big bonus.

jd

Maybe Kingswood or Firhouse. You wouldn't burn up the same diesel as if you were an hour from Dublin (Arklow etc!)
http://www.myhome.ie/lettings/brochure/ashfield-avenue-kingswood-dublin-24/1881130
http://www.myhome.ie/lettings/brochure/glencarrig-green-firhouse-dublin-24/1912468

aatidot

jd, thanks, but i can never even allow my dog to live in dublin 24. Thats tallaght side and firhouse. Tallaght is one of the badest and dangerous place in Ireland. I heard that Carlingford is the best and safest place to live in Ireland. How true is this? Is there any other places like carlingford, but like an hour drive from dublin??? I need more idea places pls.

edellc

^^^^

Rather you than me post that comment, plenty of decent people come from Tallaght, but as another poster said its all about what your perception of what is good and what is bad is vital

I mean if I could I would live any where in the Dun Laoghaire/Rath Down county council catchment area

But you said you have a budget of 1000euro so really if your living in Dublin its going to be Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin, and a lot of the north side of Dublin (sorry to the north siders if that sounds sweeping its not meant to )

or if you living outside Dublin then your looking at Kildare, which you have Celbridge, Maynooth, Newbridge, then Wicklow with Greystones, and around that area or Co Meath, which has bettystown, laytown, Navan

your better off logging into daft.ie and picking the counties surrounding dublin, putting in your budget and how many rooms etc you want and seeing what comes up, and then posting them and asking what people think as what you are asking is too much of an open question

jd

aatidot wrote: »

jd, thanks, but i can never even allow my dog to live in dublin 24. Thats tallaght side and firhouse. Tallaght is one of the badest and dangerous place in Ireland.

I don't live there myself but I'd take issue with that comment. Tallaght is as big as Limerick City and the areas I have mentioned are quite settled and respectable. Take a drive that way and take a look for yourself.

SimonLynch

Thought it with my first reply to you, you're a troll and a badly disguised one at that :mad:

wyndham

aatidot wrote: »

must not less than an hour drive to dublin.

aatidot wrote:

minimum an hour drive to dublin city

I'm confused. Do you want to be near Dublin or at least an hour away from it?

jam_mac_jam

aatidot wrote: »

jd, thanks, but i can never even allow my dog to live in dublin 24. Thats tallaght side and firhouse. Tallaght is one of the badest and dangerous place in Ireland. I heard that Carlingford is the best and safest place to live in Ireland. How true is this? Is there any other places like carlingford, but like an hour drive from dublin??? I need more idea places pls.

You wouldnt allow your dog to live there? Jesus. Its Tallaght not South Central. Badest?

riclad

Beaumont, santry, clonsilla dublin 15 ,go to daft ie,
search max rent 1000 euro ,see what areas come up.
i presume post re killiney is a joke.
ITS about the most expensive area to live in ireland.
I hear naas is very boring,not alot to do, nearer city centre would be handier for you.
see http://www.rent.ie/houses-to-let/dublin/santry/
turnapin cottages 3 bed 920 euro per month.
omni center ,with uci cinema within walking distance,
santry is a nice quiet area.
try and get house .not on the swords road,
traffic is heavy on that road 8am til 8pm.euro
you,d probably get house in lucan, round 900 per month.
beaumont ,is quieter, not so much traffic.

aatidot

riclad, i'm impressed with your post.... U're right ! I think santry is ok and safe and close to city centre too?

aatidot

@ wyndham, yes i mean an hour away from Dublin. Thanks..

ted1

riclad wrote: »

Beaumont, santry, clonsilla dublin 15 ,go to daft ie,
search max rent 1000 euro ,see what areas come up.
i presume post re killiney is a joke.
ITS about the most expensive area to live in ireland.
I hear naas is very boring,not alot to do, nearer city centre would be handier for you.
see http://www.rent.ie/houses-to-let/dublin/santry/
turnapin cottages 3 bed 920 euro per month.
omni center ,with uci cinema within walking distance,
santry is a nice quiet area.
try and get house .not on the swords road,
traffic is heavy on that road 8am til 8pm.euro
you,d probably get house in lucan, round 900 per month.
beaumont ,is quieter, not so much traffic.

No, there's great value in killiney. You can get a nice three bed for about 1100.

the_syco

edellc wrote: »

Celbridge, Maynooth

Also Leixlip :P

Maynooth will have artificially high rents, due to the student population guaranteeing competition and a higher rent. That said, there are some nicer house away from the college.

Maynooth and Celbridge both have train-stations that bring you into Connolly Station and Heuston Station respectively, and both have Dublin Buses that bring you into the city centre.

Celbridge is nice; know a few people who lived there, and they found it good. Leixlip... I'm biased; I live here. Nice place.

Lucan; okay are, no train-station, but lots of buses. Avoid Adamstown. Not a total ghost-town anymore, but I wouldn't live there.

yellowtrout

How dare you say Tallaght is the baddest and most dangerous place to live?!
Have you actually lived in Tallaght? All parts of it?
I grew up there and I've experienced zero crime-in fact, I had my car damaged seven times when I lived in a well known "posh" part of Dublin.
Tallaght is a brilliant place to live.
Oh and it's "baddest", not "badest".

aatidot

No, tallaght is very bad bad, i can give u two example like'' Killinarden, hazelgroove, firhouse, etc.. Those places and more are full of touts and thugs, its either they stab or u get rubed by the drunk bad gangs, especially the teens, and the young guys. Tallaght is very worst. Probably u're lucky u haven't experience, lot of people i know complaining same. Tallaght is not a good place to live. Not even jobstown, sundale, etc..

F1ngers

Tallaght would be one of the safest areas to live in Dublin.
Living here for 40 years - great place.
I will admit, it used to be rough about 30 years ago - not now though.

aatidot

U got it wrong. Probably let not be over sentimental

F1ngers

aatidot wrote: »

U got it wrong. Probably let not be over sentimental

How have I got it wrong?
Living here 40 years - great place.
I think whoever told you it was bad were having you on.
Move to Tallaght - great place for kids and less than an hour to the city center.

cazzak79

F1ngers wrote: »

aatidot wrote: »

U got it wrong. Probably let not be over sentimental

How have I got it wrong?
Living here 40 years - great place.
I think whoever told you it was bad were having you on.
Move to Tallaght - great place for kids and less than an hour to the city center.

I think like everyplace tallaght has its good And bad parts but I think to really know a place u have to live there like yourself
Bray and grey stones quiet good places to live good travel networks to Dublin city centre

jd

aatidot wrote: »

No, tallaght is very bad bad, i can give u two example like'' ,, firhouse, etc..

Firhouse (M0nalea, Carriglea) is not remotely like how you say it is.

cazzak79

Never heard a bad word about firhouse!!

aatidot

I lived in Tallaght before, its the most worst. Stabbing, get rubed, got hited at night, drunkers rip u off, especiall killinarden, hazelgroove. bunch of touts and thugs... urgly dirty armrubber and thiefs, they're all jobless.. All they want is ur belongings, ur money, and nearly harm ur kids.. broke into your house door in day time. To cut it short, tallaght is the worst i've ever seen... Nothing anybody can say to make me hve positive mind for tallaght. Yes u're right kazzark79, i heard bray and greystone are very good place to live. I'll check that out. thnks

yellowtrout

Jesus you've some bad spelling and grammar issues.
I take it you've never lived in Tallaght so keep your offensive comments to yourself and perhaps purchase a dictionary too darling.

The_Conductor

Ok- lets remain civil towards one another.
If you disagree with what someone posts- refute it factually, without attacking another poster. Failure to comply with this- will result in a ban for you alongside your posts being moderated/deleted.

Regards,

SMcCarrick

copeyhagen

swords is the answer to your question.

riclad

MY advice is where ever you go ,make sure theres no council estate down the road,swords is good .But its far from town ,if you dont have a car, santry,beaumont 15mins on a bus from city centre.
MY friend was in a lovely apartment , but the kids from the council flats half a mile a way ,were hanging round,causing trouble ,trying to rob cars parked outside the building.
ie you might be living in area x, but if you have to pass a large council
estate to go to shops,school etc it might not be ideal for you.
i,m not a snob ,if you have 1000 euro to pay for rent,
i would not advise a newcomer ,to start looking in tallaght ,
When you can afford to live in santry or swords.
you have to think im living in area x, what schools will my kids be going to?
There is some very nice estates in swords ,it has a good range of shops .

yellowtrout

smccarrick wrote: »

Ok- lets remain civil towards one another.
If you disagree with what someone posts- refute it factually, without attacking another poster. Failure to comply with this- will result in a ban for you alongside your posts being moderated/deleted.

Regards,

SMcCarrick

I apologise, I just got annoyed that someone is constantly insulting an area that I, along with others, know is perfectly fine and it's people like that who give places a bad name.
But you're right, shouldn't have resorted to immature comments.

riclad

I,D assume theres estates in tallaght ,where at this point, 95 per cent of houses are owner,occupied and nice to live in and Theres also private estates which are very quiet and peaceful and as safe to live in as any other area like santry or swords.I just drove thru it a few times and went to the square
so i,m not exactly an expert on that area.
i lived in Santry for 2 years, so i,m more qualified to give advice on that area.

HavingCrack

Seriously, who thinks Firhouse and Kingswood are rough, seriously like? They're middle class areas.

As I posted in another thread, there's an east -west divide in Tallaght, generally the further west you go the worse it gets. Firhouse is perfectly fine, Kingswood, still nice but a little further down the scale, Kilnamanagh a little further down again but still definately fine to live in. Fettercairn and Jobstown are fairly bad area's to live.

OP, if you think Firhouse is a "bad" area you're going to have massive trouble finding a detached house for 6 people in Dublin for €1000 a month. You won't be able to find anything in the likes of Donnybrook, Blackrock, Sandymount, Dalkey, Clontarf, Drumcondra, Castleknock, Howth, Ranelagh etc. for that sort of price so you'd better start revising your expectations downwards.

yellowtrout

HavingCrack wrote: »

Seriously, who thinks Firhouse and Kingswood are rough, seriously like? They're middle class areas.

As I posted in another thread, there's an east -west divide in Tallaght, generally the further west you go the worse it gets. Firhouse is perfectly fine, Kingswood, still nice but a little further down the scale, Kilnamanagh a little further down again but still definately fine to live in. Fettercairn and Jobstown are fairly bad area's to live.

OP, if you think Firhouse is a "bad" area you're going to have massive trouble finding a detached house for 6 people in Dublin for €1000 a month. You won't be able to find anything in the likes of Donnybrook, Blackrock, Sandymount, Dalkey, Clontarf, Drumcondra, Castleknock, Howth, Ranelagh etc. for that sort of price so you'd better start revising your expectations downwards.

Totally agree-Firhouse has always been a nice area to live in and Old Bawn and Ballycragh are quiet too.

aatidot

If u said so, so tell me, how come across i get rubed in firhouse twice? How come across my mum get rubed her bag and stuffs and ended up in hospital? How come across some of my friend get stabed in firhouse close to the spar at night? All was at firhouse.

Yellowtrout, whatever name u like u can call me, if u like u can corse me, thats ur cup of tea. I dont care. U cannot force me to like where i dont like, and u cannot force me to say positive things to where i've not experinced positive there. And anyone that said i should check dictionary bcos of anything can go and hit the wall. No one is forced to reply to my question. If u know my question does not make sense to u, pls shush ur mouth and get busy with a scooter.

riclad, you're so wise and smart. U've been making sense here. U know the different between good and bad. The handwriting has already written on the wall. My questions is very straightforward to you and u're answering me with the best answers...

aatidot

God bless u SMcCarrick

riclad

I know a boards member, techie, lives in a private estate ,in the middle of clonsilla,thats a nice area.Good acess to shopping centre, roselawn shopping centre and blanch centre ,and theres the aquatic centre ,a few miles way, ,nice place to go with kids.
Should be possible to get a house there 1000 euro per month.

triple-M

aatidot wrote: »

If u said so, so tell me, how come across i get rubed in firhouse twice? How come across my mum get rubed her bag and stuffs and ended up in hospital? How come across some of my friend get stabed in firhouse close to the spar at night? All was at firhouse.

Yellowtrout, whatever name u like u can call me, if u like u can corse me, thats ur cup of tea. I dont care. U cannot force me to like where i dont like, and u cannot force me to say positive things to where i've not experinced positive there. And anyone that said i should check dictionary bcos of anything can go and hit the wall. No one is forced to reply to my question. If u know my question does not make sense to u, pls shush ur mouth and get busy with a scooter.

riclad, you're so wise and smart. U've been making sense here. U know the different between good and bad. The handwriting has already written on the wall. My questions is very straightforward to you and u're answering me with the best answers...

If your friends and family have the same attitude as you its no wonder you's were treated badly in Tallaght,I have no connection to Tallaght and even I take offence to your statements so I can only imagine how people from D24 feel about you,and your right,nobody is forced to reply to your question but when you post on a public forum and insult peoples home town they are allowed defend it as alot of them are very proud of where they come from.

HavingCrack

OP, no one is "forcing" you to live anywhere. However if you think Firhouse is a "really bad" area you're going to be in for a very, very rude awakening when you see how far €1000 goes towards a detached house for 6 people in Dublin. Get used to area's a lot worse than Firhouse.

aatidot

Triple-M, get busy as u're not forced replying to my question. So, suit ursef. I dont need ur reply. If u're not reasonable with my question pls dont bother. U can keep the reply to yourself, or go to other thread topic. It is very obvious that u're one of those tout and thugs in Tallaght, if not, u would interrupt to what's not ur business. We're all here to learn, answer good question and get good answer from someone like riclad, not you.

If I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails. But i dont need ur opinion pls......

aatidot

HavingCrack, you're one of the troublemakers in Firhouse, if not u wont have any say to what is not ur business. A simple answer deserves a straigh question. If u're an illiterate, then dont bother to reply.

HavingCrack

aatidot wrote: »

HavingCrack, you're one of the troublemakers in Firhouse, if not u wont have any say to what is not ur business. A simple answer deserves a straigh question. If u're an illiterate, then dont bother to reply.

:pac: You are referring to me as illiterate? Oh my, you really are a most excellent fellow. Troublemaker in Firhouse, am I? :cool:

The Big Red Button

yellowtrout wrote: »

How dare you say Tallaght is the baddest and most dangerous place to live?!
Have you actually lived in Tallaght? All parts of it?
I grew up there and I've experienced zero crime-in fact, I had my car damaged seven times when I lived in a well known "posh" part of Dublin.
Tallaght is a brilliant place to live.
Oh and it's "baddest", not "badest".

And certainly not "worst" ...

aatidot

Silence is the best answer.. I bet u, u will be removed from this site if u reply with any abusive word again...

Dublinman12

aatidot wrote: »

Silence is the best answer.. I bet u, u will be removed from this site if u reply with any abusive word again...

To be honest you are coming accross like a 5 year old child who got hold of daddys laptop....

You will struggle to find many houses for a 1,000 euro in Firhouse anyway..Its a lovely area and if you got "rubed" then thats too bad...But i've never heard a bad word about Firhouse in fact ive heard all good words...so you are in fact insulting a lot of people on here..

Why dont you look for a house on daft and stop behaving like a child?

seems like you have watched too many episodes of the wire...

What about Drimnagh,Crumlin,Donaghmede?..

dearg lady

Check on Daft.ie, but you'll honestly struggle to find what you're looking for on that budget, you might need to reassess your attitude to certain areas of Dublin

The_Conductor

aatidot wrote: »

Silence is the best answer.. I bet u, u will be removed from this site if u reply with any abusive word again...

aatidot- you are the one who has been abusive towards other posters, alongside denigrating several different areas of Dublin. I am giving you an official warning here and now. If you want to continue to have access to this forum- read the forum charter- and alongside the official rules use a little common sense.

If you disagree with what someone else posts- refute their post, without attacking the poster.

I don't know where you think this forum is- it is not the wild west, and we will not allow bad behaviour such as you are displaying.

Regards,

SMcCarrick

edellc

whats getting "rubed" I heard of getting robbed but not rubed do they come up and start rubbing your arm or something,

and where is there a spar in firhouse??, i know there is one at the old mill but thought that was part of tallaght the only other shop I know in firhouse is supervalue or the firhouse store

OP Tallaght is a big big area with settled older estates and younger not so settled ones, if you dont want to live there thats fine, I dont know the area so I would be weary myself of moving there but thats just because I dont know the area

But like others and I have said earlier you are going to be hard pressed to find what you are looking for on your budget, so either up the rental amount you pay or lower your standards because you are not going to find a house that fits 6 people for 1000euro a month in a "what you perceive as a well to do area"

Most rentals are for only a year so why not pick an area rent for the year if you like it renew if not move, thats the benefit of renting

the_syco

aatidot wrote: »

If u're an illiterate

Um. The irony...

=-=

How about you list the places in Dublin that you don't want to stay in? It seems every safe place in Dublin you have been robbed, stabbed, or no someone who was. FYI; there is no province in Dublin that is totally safe; each has their bad estates that you avoid. Unfortunately, safety comes at a price. If you pay low dollar, you only have yourself to blame when you get "rubbed" in some hellhole.